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Driven to Write : 45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of their Craft - Michael Slevin

Driven to Write

45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of their Craft

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Published: 11th November 2025

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In this book of essays, over forty successful writers in varied fields-poetry, science, the performing and visual arts, psychoanalysis, journalism, literature, and more-explore what drives them to write, and to work at their craft.

In contributions arranged under three headings-"Models and Mentors," "Urges and Traumas," and "Evidence and Experiences"-each writer explores their personal understanding of writing as a psychological necessity. In varying ways, these candid, often emotional essays reveal a range of intimate, mysterious, and unpredictable purposes and motivations.

Driven to Write provides fresh, practical, and imaginative approaches to literary art for aspiring and established writers alike.

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